early life and career jean louis marie eugène durieu, a french amateur photographer, was born in nîmes, france in 1800. little is known about his early life, but it is evident that he developed an interest in photography at a young age. before pursuing a career in photography, durieu served as a high-ranking civil servant in the french government. photographic contributions durieu's photographic work primarily focused on nude male and female subjects. his early photographs, which date back to the mid-19th century, were groundbreaking for their time. as a friend of eugène delacroix, many of du…